Occupying Rothschild: A wild night out
When hundreds block Tel Aviv’s main boulevard, chasing away the police, the mass media isn’t there to document it, explaining that now is “The Gilad Schalit festival” It didn’t look as though anything...
View ArticleSurvey: Despite slogans, Israeli Jews not ready for change
The recent Peace Index shows that when it comes to peace talks and social spending, not much has changed, despite diplomatic developments and a tumultuous summer The following are highlights from the...
View ArticleJ14 calls for General Strike on November 1. Will anyone listen?
Posters and stickers—calling for a general strike (or, more literally, a people’s strike) and sponsored by J14—have popped up all over Tel Aviv in the past week or so. But with Gilad Schalit’s release...
View ArticleWATCH: J14 social justice activists stage flash mobs around Tel Aviv
Social justice activists and leaders of the J14 summer protest staged flash mobs in various points around Tel Aviv this week, in an attempt to reenergize the public ahead of a planned demonstration on...
View ArticleWATCH: Social protesters return to Tel Aviv’s streets
Roee Ruttenberg reports for CCTV News on the return of social protests to the streets of Tel Aviv after an eight-week hiatus. The rally drew an estimated 70,000 people.
View ArticleWATCH: +972 bloggers on revolutions and political impasse
+972 bloggers Joseph Dana, Aziz Abu Sarah, Noam Sheizaf and Lisa Goldman were recently hosted by Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., where they held a panel discussion on their work in a changing...
View ArticlePublic demands social justice, gov’t prefers to attack democracy
UPDATE: Since this post was published on Sunday morning, a ministerial committee approved two bill proposals that seek to limit the funding of human rights organizations. Read more here. After a summer...
View ArticlePolice attempt to thwart renewed tent camp; protest leader arrested
An attempt on Friday at reestablishing last summer’s protest was met with a heavy hand by the police. Daphni Leef, who set up the tent that sparked last year’s movement and whose call brought out...
View ArticleArtists heed J14 call to boycott Tel Aviv ‘White Night’ events
Facebook in Israel has been flooded all day with reports of cultural figures and venues announcing their decision to boycott the annual ‘White Night’ events sponsored by the Tel Aviv Municipality, in...
View ArticleOne year on: From social protest to civic economic power
Last summer’s tent encampments were dismantled, but the spirit of the protest lives on. Citizens are taking matters into their own hands, promoting public interests through growing numbers of...
View ArticlePHOTO: Bank of Israel governor Fischer is caught in social protest
This is one of the best images the Israeli social protest has produced: the Governor of the Bank of Israel and former chief economist at the World Bank Stanley Fischer walking out of a cultural event...
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